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    Home » Asian

    Published: Sep 5, 2016 · Modified: Mar 10, 2022 by Smruti · This post may contain affiliate links · 13 Comments

    Vegan Lettuce Wraps

    Blogging Marathon #68 Week 2 Day 1

    Theme: Appetizers

    Dish: Vegan Lettuce Wraps



    After the first week of soups, today we start with a fresh week of Cooking Carnival. For this week my theme is Appetizers. Each day of the week I shall bring a different appetizer for you. Each appetizer is from my favorites list, yes if I ever have to make a choice between appetizer and desserts, I pick the savory appetizer nine out of ten times! I love finger foods and for a moment I was going to choose that as my theme for the month. But finally I gave up the idea and decided to do it for a a week. Even for a week of appetizers, I made ten and bringing my favorite six for you.

    The first appetizer is made of tofu, mushrooms, spices and lots of lettuce leaves. This one is pretty quick to make and not very difficult to scale up for a party. The recipe involves making a tofu and mushroom saute, a simple sauce and lining up lettuce leaves next to them. Each person makes their own wraps with as much stuffing and sauce as they desire. I love to have this with sriracha sauce too. It tastes really hot but yummy. 

    I first had this at an Asian restaurant and fell in love with it. After a few experimentations and a few recipe ideas online, I now follow this recipe for making the wraps. While the original recipe has meat, adding mushrooms gives the meaty texture to the filling. If you make it with just tofu, the taste will be just as good, but to me that feels a little like Bhurjee or Sofritas. So I like to add mushrooms. For those who do not enjoy mushrooms as much as us, try adding some water chestnuts. They work really well in the recipe too. 


    When making the dish for a crowd, just make the stuffing based on how spicy the guests can handle. Then keep a few sauces like sweet chilli, spicy sriracha and tangy soy vinegar dip. If you cannot find iceberg lettuce, use romaine lettuce. Just wash and put the lettuce with the rest of the ingredients. Your Vegan Wrap station is all set! 



    Ingredients 

    Lettuce 1 head 

    Tofu 1 box, firm

    Mushroom ½ cup, minced

    Thai Red Chilli 2-3 (based on preference)

    Pink Onion ½, diced

    Garlic 4-5 pods, minced

    Ginger 1 inch piece, grated

    Spring Onion greens 4-5 stalks

    Soy Sauce/Tamari 2 tbsp

    Vinegar 1 tsp

    Green Chilli Sauce 1- 1 ½ tsp

    Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp

    Chilli Oil a few drops

    Salt 1 tsp 

    Chinese Salt 1 teaspoon (optional)

    Black Pepper a pinch

    Toasted Sesame seeds a handful

    Method


    Wash the lettuce head and separate the leaves. Soak the leaves in ice cold water to keep them firm. Remove and dry just before serving.

    Press tofu between kitchen napkins to remove all the moisture. Once dry, mince it and set aside. In a pan, heat oil and chilli oil. Add garlic and ginger, saute till flavorful. Next, the thai chilli. Once it splutters, add onion and saute till soft. Next add the mushroom and tofu and mix well. Cook on high flame for 4-5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and chinese salt (if using). 

    Set the flame to high and cook till the mixture is dry, stirring continuously to ensure it does not stick to the bottom of the pan. Once the tofu becomes dry, add chilli sauce, vinegar and soy sauce. Mix well and remove from flame. Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds and spring onion greens.

    To make an easy dipping sauce, mix 2 tablespoon soy sauce with ½ teaspoon vinegar and a handful of spring onion greens.

    To eat, take a lettuce leaf, add about two tablespoon of the tofu filling and sprinkle some sauce. Roll it up and enjoy!

    Check out the Blogging Marathon page to see what the other Blogging Marathoners are doing BM# 68

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      I love lettuce wrap and I always order this when eating at PF Changs. Looks so tempting!

      Reply
    2. Priya Suresh says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      Omg, this vegan wrap is simply irresistible, cant take my eyes from ur clicks, alluring wraps there.

      Reply
    3. Gayathri Kumar says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      This tofu mushroom wrap looks so delicious. I saw one recipe similar but they used betel leaves to wrap it up.

      Reply
    4. Srivalli says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      Wow you made 10?..won't mind reading all of them Smurti..this vegan wrap looks fantastic!..what a lovely theme..

      Reply
    5. MySpicyKitchen says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      I always order lettuce wraps if it is on the menu. Never tried the vegan or the veg version. Mushroom and tofu sounds like a nice substitute to non-veg version.

      Reply
    6. Srividhya says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      Love these lettuce wraps especially the PF changs one.. love you mushroom wrap. amazing

      Reply
    7. Harini R says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      Very interesting filling. The vegan one sounds good for mushroom lovers

      Reply
    8. vaishali sabnani says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      I like your theme of finger foods , and these lettuce wraps look stunning , perfect for parties .

      Reply
    9. Archana says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      Best party food. Love the filling will show it to the girls for their party I can supply the filling and let them handle the rest. Yum stuff

      Reply
    10. www.annapurnaz.in says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      these wraps make my tummy growling..

      Reply
    11. Kalyani says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      Yum yum yum !! Love everything that went in here ....

      Reply
    12. Suma Gandlur says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      Great one for those who love mushrooms and Asian flavors. Wow, you cooked almost 2 weeks worth of appetizers. Sure they come handy for the blog posts. :))

      Reply
    13. Pavani says

      March 10, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      Oh my those lettuce wraps look so inviting and delicious.

      Reply

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